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Non-Fiction

Zorro

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4. Joe McCarthy was a Republican

Reply to virgogal (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 15, 2019, 12:45 AM

Jul 2019

The Democrats had no effective way to counter his wild assertions without becoming targets themselves, and the Republicans just sat back and let him have at it, since it served their political purposes.

So I would agree that the Democrats were too timid, but I also believe it's a stretch to assess equal blame to both parties.

Halberstam actually discussed this situation in depth around page 187, if my memory serves me.

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